Should Politicians Cry About Their Own Achievements?

By

Iain Martin

Nov 3, 2010 9:33 pm GMT

One can fully understand Representative John Boehner getting emotional about the obligation to protect U.S. troops in combat, as he did in this footage.
But all day, in the aftermath of the U.S. elections, television news stations have been playing endlessly the images of Boehner, now House majority leader, struggling to hold it together and then crying a bit during his acceptance speech on Tuesday night.

Watching from Europe it got me wondering about the wisdom of political leaders breaking down in public.